A Comparison of rpoB and 16S rRNA as Markers in Pyrosequencing Studies of Bacterial Diversity

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Michiel Vos ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michiel Vos, Christopher Quince

* E-mail: michiel.vos@pcmd.ac.uk

Current address: Coastal Pathogen Group, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Christopher Quince ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Michiel Vos, Christopher Quince

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Agata S. Pijl,

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Mattias de Hollander,

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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George A. Kowalchuk

Affiliations Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Institute of Ecological Science, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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